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Re: 'exp' directive in included SPF record

2004-03-22 18:42:05
On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 10:39:00PM +0100, Ramakanta (das) HKS (PAMHO.NET SysOp) 
(Zurich - CH) wrote:
| In spf-draft-20040209.txt in the section 5.2 it says:
| 
|    Note: during recursion into an Include mechanism, explanations do not
|    propagate out.
| 
| What does this exactly mean? Should 'exp' directives in included SPF records
| be ignored?
| 
| Supposing following SPF records
| 
| xyz.com.     TXT  "v=spf1 include:inc.xyz.com exp=exp1.xyz.com -all"
| inc.xyz.com  TXT  "v=spf1 a exp=exp2.xyz.com -all"
| 
| if the 'a' mechanism does not match, which one of the two explanations
| should be taken?
| 

yes, "exp" directives in included SPF records should be ignored.

The first explanation should be used.

Is there a better way to phrase it?


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